Open AccessINTRASCROTALEXTRATESTICULARNEUROFIBROMA:A RARECASEREPORT
Author(s) -
Abhijeet Shivaji Thorat,
Tushar S. Khachane
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of advanced research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2320-5407
DOI - 10.21474/ijar01/13289
Subject(s) - computer science
Neurofibromaisabenigntumorofthenervesheath,whichisconsideredtooriginatefromtheSchwanncells.Sinceneuraltissuesarefoundthroughoutthebodythesetumorscanoccurinavarietyofsites.Intrascrotalextratesticularlocalizationofneurofibromashavebeenreported extremelyrarelyintheliterature (2).A 77-year-old man admitted to our ruralhospitalwithatwelveyearhistoryofgraduallyenlargingmassandscrotaldiscomfortintherighthemiscrotum.Withapreoperativediagnosisoftesticularorparatesticulartumor,explorationdoneandsentforHPE.Thepathologicaldiagnosisofthelesionwasneurofibromaoftheparatesticularregion.Althougharelativelyraredisease,intrascrotalextratesticularneurofibromashouldbeconsideredinthedifferentialdiagnosisoftesticularandparatesticularmalignanttumors.